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Whittaker v Northern Beaches Council (No 3)

Whittaker v Northern Beaches Council (No 3)

Case [2018] NSWLEC 143

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AGLC: Whittaker v Northern Beaches Council (No 3) [2018] NSWLEC 143
Case: [2018] NSWLEC 143
Decision Date: 14 September 2018

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Whittaker v Northern Beaches Council (No 3) [2018] NSWLEC 143

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Whittaker v Northern Beaches Council [2019] NSWLEC 1038

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Citation 1

…uncil v Punnett & Associates Pty Ltd (2001) 122 LGERA 1; [2001] NSWCA 480 Whittaker v Northern Beaches Council (No 3) (2018) 235 LGERA 5; [2018] NSWLEC 143 Texts Cited: Australian Standards and Industry Safety Community Guidelines National Light Pollution Guidelines for Wildlife 2023 Category: Principal judgment Par…
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Citation 2 (Para 80)

…ion of an environmental planning instrument. Mr Astill cites (submissions at par 142) Whittaker v Northern Beaches Council (No 3) (2018) 235 LGERA 5; [2018] NSWLEC 143 at [28], where it was argued that the principles of statutory construction applicable to primary and delegated legislation were the same.…
S J Connelly CPP Pty Ltd and Kate Singleton Pty Ltd t/as Planners North v Northern Regional Planning Panel (No 2) [2019] NSWLEC 199
Citation 3 (Para 54)

…context that it is attempting to identify land that is wholly unsuitable for the use: Whittaker v Northern Beaches Council (No 3) (2018) 235 LGERA 5; [2018] NSWLEC 143 ( Whittaker ). The distinction in the assessment approval regimes that apply to coastal wetlands and the associated proximity area respectively make…
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Citation 4 (Para 31)

…re Incorporated v Centennial Springvale Pty Ltd (2017) 95 NSWLR 361; [2017] NSWCA 191at [45], [106] and Whittaker v Northern Beaches Council (No 3) [2018] NSWLEC 143; (2018) 235 LGERA 5 at [28].…
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Citation 5 (Para 41)

…e Incorporated v Centennial Springvale Pty Ltd [2017] NSWCA 191; (2017) 224 LGERA 301 at [45], [106], and Whittaker v Northern Beaches Council (No 3) [2018] NSWLEC 143; (2018) 235 LGERA 5 (‘ Whittaker ’) at [28].…
Australian Nursing Home Foundation Limited v Ku-ring-gai Council [2019] NSWLEC 1205
Citation 6 (Para 44)

…re made, no doubt, to support the Council’s position that I should follow the approach of this Court in Whittaker v Northern Beaches Council (No 3) [2018] NSWLEC 143 (“ Whittaker ”). That is, when focussing on the text of the relevant provisions of the LEP and the SEPP, whilst at the same time having regard to its c…
Waterbrook Bayview Pty Ltd v Northern Beaches Council [2019] NSWLEC 1112
Citation 7

…ouncil v Claude Neon Ltd (1989) 15 NSWLR 724 Wechsler v Auburn Council (1997) 130 LGERA 134 Whittaker v Northern Beaches Council (No 3) [2018] NSWLEC 143 Wirrabara Village Pty Limited v The Secretary of the Department of Planning and Environment [2018] NSWLEC 138 Texts Cited: New South Wales Department of Planning a…
Whittaker v Northern Beaches Council [2019] NSWLEC 1038
Citation 8 (Para 26)

…In Whittaker v Northern Beaches Council (No. 3) [2018] NSWLEC 143 ( Whittaker (No. 3) ), Pepper J determined, in essence, that land identified in an LEP as ‘geotechnical hazard’ was not the same as land identified in an LEP as ‘natural hazard’ and therefore the development was permissible with consent under the SEPP…

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4nature Incorporated v Centennial Springvale Pty Ltd [2017] NSWCA 191
Citation 1 (Para 1)

…iring laxity or flexibility in construing delegated legislation or statutory instruments generally” ( 4Nature Inc v Centennial Springvale Pty Ltd [2017] NSWCA 191; (2017) 224 LGERA 301 at [45] and [106]);…
Tovir Investments Pty Ltd v Waverley Council [2014] NSWCA 379
Citation 2 (Para 3)

…nguage” it might be appropriate “to give rather less weight to precise textual considerations” ( Tovir Investments Pty Ltd v Waverley Council [2014] NSWCA 379 at [54] - [55] and 4Nature Inc at [107]). But this does not permit “some general principle requiring laxity or flexibility in construing delegated legislatio…
Pepperwood Ridge Pty Ltd v Newcastle City Council [2006] NSWCA 122
Citation 3 (Para 4)

…ingah Shire Council v Punnett & Associates Pty Limited [2001] NSWCA 480; (2001) 122 LGERA 1 and Pepperwood Ridge Pty Ltd v Newcastle City Council [2006] NSWCA 122; (2006) 145 LGERA 340).…
Warringah Shire Council v Punnett & Associates Pty Ltd [2001] NSWCA 480
Citation 4 (Para 4)

…tegorised by reference to a “like description” of land itemised in Sch 1 of the SEPP ( Warringah Shire Council v Punnett & Associates Pty Limited [2001] NSWCA 480; (2001) 122 LGERA 1 and Pepperwood Ridge Pty Ltd v Newcastle City Council [2006] NSWCA 122; (2006) 145 LGERA 340).…
House of Peace Pty Ltd v Bankstown City Council [2000] NSWCA 44
Citation 5 (Para 64)

…rial caution expressed in over-reliance upon dictionary definitions to solve construction conundrums (House of Peace Pty Ltd v Bankstown City Council [2000] NSWCA 44; (2000) 48 NSWLR 498 at [25]-[30]), the Macquarie Dictionary (online ed) defines “natural” as “ 1. existing in or formed by nature; not artificial” a…
Franklins Ltd v Penrith City Council [1999] NSWCA 134
Citation 6

…Appeal have held that such provisions operate as "conditions precedent" to the grant of a valid consent: see Franklins Limited v Penrith City Council [1999] NSWCA 134; Schroders Australia Property Management Ltd v Shoalhaven Council (2001) NSWCA 74.…
Dainford Ltd v Smith [1985] HCA 23
Citation 7

…to "another document or to extrinsic facts" (being an expression employed by Gibbs CJ in giving one of the majority judgments in Dainford Ltd v Smith (1985) 155 CLR 342 at 348).…
Marine Power Australia Pty Ltd v Comptroller-General of Customs [1989] FCA 336
Citation 8 (Para 42)

…The Council also relied on the decision in Marine Power Australia Pty Ltd v Comptroller-General of Customs [1989] FCA 336; (1989) 89 ALR 561 where the Court opined, albeit in a very different legislative context, while interpreting the phrase “like goods” that (at 573):…
Whittaker v Northern Beaches Council (No 2) [2018] NSWLEC 94
Citation 9 (Para 1)

…On 20 June 2018 the Court delivered judgment in Whittaker v Northern Beaches Council (No 2) [2018] NSWLEC 94 and made an order pursuant to r 28.2 of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (“UCPR”) that the following question be separately determined:…
Druitts Developments Pty Ltd v Gosford City Council [2001] NSWLEC 96
Citation 10 (Para 39)

…raph in Sch 1 is either a complete word or an expression and should be construed as such (Druitts Developments Pty Ltd v Gosford City Council [2001] NSWLEC 96; (2001) 114 LGERA 61 at [14]).…

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